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Coping with Autoimmune Disease during the Holidays

Fourteen Ways to Cope with Autoimmune Disease During the Holiday Season

How to survive the stress of the holidays, including pain-free travel, healthy eating, supporting loved ones and fun new traditions.
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What Should I Eat? Understanding the Relationship Between Diet and IBD

From the Clinic: Diet and Managing Symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease – and an App to Help.
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Celebrities Living with IBD: Raising Voices and Awareness

Rock stars, Olympic athletes, and actors with IBD have raised their voices to break the silence.
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Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis: Building Community through Autoimmunity

Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis: Building Community through Autoimmunity

It can be isolating to have an autoimmune disease like Crohn’s or colitis. By bringing people together for exercise and fun, events like Take Steps are building a strong IBD community.
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Let’s Talk: How to Approach Conversations on Autoimmune Diseases

Let’s Talk: How to Approach Conversations on Autoimmune Diseases

Do you have a loved one who was recently diagnosed with a condition such as Type 1 Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, or Crohn’s?
Fighting Diseases
Two-year-old Henry Achilles and his mom, Shannon, jumped at the chance to do something different: help advance autoimmune disease research

How a Toddler Helps Drive Research Forward

Two-year-old Henry Achilles and his mom, Shannon, jumped at the chance to do something different: help advance autoimmune disease research.
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A Young Woman who turned Her Type 1 Diabetes into Her Career

Turning Her Diabetes into a Career: 5 Questions with Kendra Baldwin

I graduated from the University of Washington and then went to UNC Chapel Hill where I completed a joint Master of Public Health/Registered Dietitian program.
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There are more than 1 million people affected with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the U.S.

Why is Inflammatory Bowel Disease on the Rise?

Why have cases of IBD been soaring worldwide? A Virginia Mason physician offers some theories.